I finally took a couple of days off to take care of my health ❤️‍🩹 I quickly realized it’s impossible for me to do nothing at all so I also take care of some things in our flat that already bothered me for weeks/months but I never had the energy to do. Currently washing the sofa covers 🫢 feels good!

Yesterday I had to accept, that I can't make my next big project deadline becaus I have to prioritize my health for a while. It took me all Sunday to write the eMail for my client because writing good eMails is hard and I didn't want to sound too whiny 🥲 Now I'm anxiously wait for their reply 🫣

Storyboard halftime 😌 It would be so neat if I was a little bit quicker. But there is no way I can go faster so my motto for the next 3,5 weeks is: ✨ Slow and steady wins the race ✨

Only 4 more weeks for 50 pages of storyboard 🥲 It is still doable but I also have a lot of personal stuff coming up so it won't be an easy ride 🎢

So I have 1.5 empty workspaces in our shared studio again. If you are from around here, please have a look. And if you know some people who live in Augsburg it would be lovely, if you can share it with them ❣️

And again I'm right in the middle of the "Swamp of Despair" 🫢 But I've been here a couple of times before so I already know my way around 🥲

pseudonym jones@pseudonymjones.bsky.social · last yr.

the swamp of despair (from 2018)

Woah! Why is storyboarding sooo hard for me 😂 It's like my brain just doesn't want to do it so I always have to find ways to trick it into doing it anyway 🧠 so fascinating! But well, I just passed the 1/3 milestone which is good. But I still have 60 pages to go and only 5 weeks left 🫠

This!!! I'm already using it for years on every device I own. It took a bit of time to get used to it but I personally think it's more than worth it 🌱💗

War and Peas 🧿@warandpeas.bsky.social · 3w ago

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For everyone who's on instagram and interested in watching me climb over some wodden hurdles, there's now also a video from Saturday's obstacle run thanks to my boyfriedn who made it for me 😂 www.instagram.com/p/Dasmew-s_bE/

Yesterday was the Time2Run obstacle course and my boyfriend and I had such a blast ❤️ I’m not a particular sporty and fit person (on the contrary I struggle with some chronic pain and fatigue) so being finally able to run 10km and even succeeding in around 2/3 of the obstacles means a lot to me 🥺

The paperwork is finally done. I'm glad 😤 Now back to sketching my comic pages since I'm a bit behind schedule because of that annoying sidequest 😭

Sometimes I think, it would be better for pay someone to do my paperwork for me. But I'm afraid I can't find a person who's willing to do it for a fair fee AND feels like keeping up with my chaos 😂 I mean I'm not a worst case. I have folders ... But there's not much structure inside them 🙃

Today is one of the days that feels like chewing old gum 🫠 I did a little bit of paperwork and tampered with one double page of sketches so far. That's definitely not enough. Let's see if I'll find the energy to tackle at least one more thing on my to do list 🙃

Back on the desk after a wonderful weekend 💗 My top two priorities this work week: ✨ Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung ✨ ✨ 14 pages storyboard sketches ✨

Yay! The work week is almost over and I somehow managed to finish my page quota and even got a little bit of other stuff done as well. No I just want to sleep for two full days 😴 There's one more thing to do and then you'll find me on the couch 😂

Decadent! I went on a short run and then to the gym. And now I'll go for a swim. I probably won't be able to finish my 4 pages of storyboard because of this today. But self care is important and I'll take part in an obstacle course over 10km in a few days so it would be stupid to not prepare a bit 😬

And 8 of 88 comic pages are sketched! 4 pages a day is actually a very good pace. But 4 pages take me almost all day and I have so much other stuff to do 🫣 But well ... I'll try to come as close to 4 every workday as I can and figure everything else out along the way 😌

3 pages of storyboard done, 85 more to go 🫠

In the end my boss (so myself) gave me "hitzefrei" for 4 full days 💦 it finally cooled down a bit today so I'm back in the studio trying to get ahead of my to do list ✨

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Maike_illu@maikeillu.bsky.social · last mo.

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I just set up the file for the storyboard of my next comic book in Clip Studio. I'm afraid there's no looking back now to my old messy workflow where I used a wild mix of InDesign, Photoshop, Procreate and Blender to make a comic page 😂

"Hey boss, can you give me "hitzefrei" today?" Oh wait ... I'm my own boss and the answer is "no" 🥲

It's so warm and I feel like all the projects I should do this week circle like an agry swarm of bees around my head 😵🐝 Why can't I take a nap in a cold dark cave somewhere instead? 🫠

I finally took the time to set up my June bullet journal pages and get an overview of all the stuff I have to do in the next couple of weeks. Well ... it's a lot 🫢 But at least I have something like a plan now 😌

Since I finally finished all the illustrations for this book, I can start to look forward to it at last 🍯🐝

Today is the first official day working on my next big comic project. I feel like a hiker on the foot of a very huge mountain 😅 But I climbed similar mountains before so I should be fine 🙃

I just applied for the next ShortBox Comics Fair 🤩 I already tried it two times before so maybe the third time is a charm 🍀

Back from Comicsalon Erlangen 2026 ... It was sooooooo wonderful 🥹 I'm still very tired because I definitely did not sleep enough during the festival 😂 But I'm so full of bliss right now I will be able to feed on that for a while 💗

Uff ... I still have to finish three more illustrations for my book deadline today 😥 This is going to be a long workday.